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Title Democracy in Asia / edited by Michèle Schmiegelow
Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997

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Description 555 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 1. The Meaning of Democracy in Asia / Michele Schmiegelow -- I. Religion, Ethics, Pluralism and the Theory of Democracy in Asia. 2. Community, Society and Ethics in Democracy / Henrik Schmiegelow. 3. Asia and Democracy / Seizaburo Sato. 4. Confucian Ethics and Legitimacy of Authority in China and Japan / Gilbert F. Rozman. 5. Reflections on the tertium non datur: Theories and Applications in Chinese and European Philosophies / Gregor Paul. 6. Democracy and Democratization in Islam: The Quest of Islamic Enlightenment / Bassam Tibi. 7. Interpreting Political Islam: A Diachronic Approach to the Koranic Matrix / Baudouin Dupret. 8. Hindu Assertion, Casteism and Indian Democracy / Kuldeep Mathur. 9. Cultural Pluralism and the Unifying Potential of Democracy in South-East Asia / N. Ganesan -- II. National and Regional Patterns of Democracy and Democratization in Asia. 10. The Pragmatic Evolution of Japanese Democratic Politics / Takashi Inoguchi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Democracy -- Asia -- Congresses.
SUBJECT Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Schmiegelow, Michèle.
LC no. 97013804
ISBN 0312164955 (alk. paper)